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V. E. PAULSON.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2.1913.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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VICTOR E. PAULSON, 0F EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO FRED HANSEN, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2?, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VICTOR E. PAULSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Everett, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Games, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to games and has for its object to provide a novel game which embodies a ring-throwing and ring-receiving device constructed not only to throw a ring through the air but also to receive a thrown ring. 1 i

The game may be played by two or more persons and in playing it, one person throws the ring with his ring-throwing and ringreceiving device and the other person endeavors to catch the ring on his ring-throwing and ring-receiving device. The second person then returns the ring to the first person the ring being both thrown and received by the ring-throwing and ring-receiving devices which the parties playing the game use.

The features wherein my invention resides will be more fully hereinafter described and then pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring now to the drawings wherein I have illustrated a selected embodiment of my invention which discloses the principle thereof Figure 1 shows the ring and the ring-throwlng and ring'receiving device in the position which they occupy as the ring is being thrown. Fig. 2 is a view of one form of ring-throwing and ring-receiving device. Fig. 3 is a view of the ring.

As stated above my invention comprises a ring 1 and a combined ring-throwing and ring-receiving device which is designated I generally by 2. The ring 1, of which there may be two or more for use in any game, may be made of any suitable material, but I will preferably use some material which is light but tough, and therefore not easily broken. A wooden ring will answer the purpose well, but a metal ring may be used in which case it would be desirable to provide the ring with some protective covering, such for instance as rubber or cloth to give the ring a more or less resilient surface. The ring may be of any desired size but will preferably be somewhere between six and eighteen inches in diameter.

ciated with the handle 3 is a guard to prevent any rin which is received by the body 4 from stri ing against or engaging the hand of the operator. The guard herein shown comprises a plurality of guard fingers or arms 5 which extend from the handle above the portion that is grasped by the hand. Any suitable number of these guard fingers may be employed. In the drawings I have shown four but a less or greater number may be used as desired. These guard fingers have such a length relative to the diameter of the ring that they prevent any ring which is received by the body 4from passing down over the handle 3. i 7

There are a variety of ways in which the game may be played. One simple way is for two persons to engage in the game in which case said persons will place themselves at a suitable distance apart and will then throw the ring from one to the other, each party to whom the ring is thrown endeavoring to catch the ring upon his combined ringthrowing and ring-receiving device. The ring is thrown in the manner shown in Fig. 1, that is the end of the body 4 is inserted through the ring and the ring is turned so that its diameter is approximately parallel to the body 4. The ring is held in one hand of the operator as shown in Fig. 1 and the ring-throwing and ring-receiving device is held in the other hand, the operator holds rearwardly with light pressure on the ring to hold it in the position shown in Fig. 1 and at the same time carries the other hand forwardly with considerably force, this operation resulting in flexing the body 4 as shown in Fig. 1. As the ring-throwing and ring-receiving member 2 is swung forwardly, the operator at the proper time releases his hold on the ring 1, in which case the ring will slide off from the body 4, and if the aim is true will be projected in the direction of the opposing player. As the ring passes through the air it maintains its horizontal position. The opposing playerthrowing the receiving-ring. Another Way in which a single individual may play the game is to have a plurality of ring-receiving pins secured toa wall, each pin to have atcertain value and then have the party playing the game attempt to throw the ring onto the pins. There are still other ways to play the game which it is not necessary to describe herein.

While I have illustrated a selected embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the constructional features shown.

Having fully described my invention,

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what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a game, the combination with a ring, of a ring-throwing and ring-receiving device comprising a handle, an elongated slender resilient ring-throwing and ring-receiv ing body extending from the handle and having a length considerably greater'than the diameter of the ring, and a guard ex- .tending from the handle above the portion thereof which is grasped by the hand to prevent a ring which is received by the body VICTOR E. PAULSON. Witnesses LouIs 0. SMITH, THo uAs J. DRUMMOND. 

